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Jeff K
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« on: February 25, 2011, 08:17:26 AM »
I had a HD die on my old laptop a long time ago. Most but not all of my stuff was backed up.
I tried to read the drive from a portable drive but it doesn't show up as a drive. I tried to read it using partition magic 8 but it locked up the software, so it did see something...
The drive spins up but can't be accessed by standard means.


Any suggestions?

There are some old EFI maps on it that I'd like back.
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Serk
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« Reply #1 on: February 25, 2011, 08:29:58 AM »
If the drive is spinning up mechanically, then the problem COULD be in the electronic portion of the drive.

If you can get a hold of a duplicate drive of the same make and model, it's possible to remove the electronics portion from the mechanical portion, swap them, put it all back together and try that...

Admittedly, it's still a long shot, but I have been able to recover data using this technique a few times, maybe about 50% success rate...

Of course, you can always send the drive to a professional data recovery company, but they tend to be REALLY expensive...
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« Reply #2 on: February 25, 2011, 08:43:39 AM »
I found a program called EASEUS, it sees the drive, and it's working on retrieving the files I want. Hopefully it will succeed. It's only a few and they are small.
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« Reply #3 on: February 25, 2011, 09:02:03 AM »
I had complete success with these guys.  Easy to deal with and I thought they were very reasonable with their pricing. 

http://www.dataicu.com/

9330 L.B.J. Freeway, Suite 900
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214-561-6744 or Toll Free 800-291-8161
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« Reply #4 on: February 25, 2011, 10:33:32 AM »
Well I got some of them back. Maybe I'll try again or look for something a bit better.
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« Reply #5 on: February 25, 2011, 11:50:35 AM »
A company I used to get data from a non-working drive would put them in the freezer for a few hours.  They say the cold helps some of the "fringe" electronics work long enough to get the data.
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« Reply #6 on: February 25, 2011, 12:25:44 PM »
Quote from: Bobbo on February 25, 2011, 11:50:35 AM
A company I used to get data from a non-working drive would put them in the freezer for a few hours.  They say the cold helps some of the "fringe" electronics work long enough to get the data.


That's a good fix for a drive that the platters have seized up on, but if the drive is able to spin up, that generally doesn't help much...

(Another approach is to try putting the drive in the oven on a low setting for a bit to free a stuck platter. Some also say to put it in the freezer, THEN the oven so the thermal expansion can loosen things up.)

Needless to say, but for ANY of those fixes, they're to be used to get the data off, not to put the drive back into service of course...
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« Reply #7 on: February 25, 2011, 01:17:38 PM »
Quote from: Serk on February 25, 2011, 12:25:44 PM
That's a good fix for a drive that the platters have seized up on, but if the drive is able to spin up, that generally doesn't help much...

The drives I took to them would spin the platters fine, it just wouldn't read reliably.  The theory is that partially failed IC's can generate heat which affects the rest of the IC, and possibly other IC's.  By cooling it down, you allow more time for the functional parts of the IC to work, thus getting the data off faster.
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« Reply #8 on: February 25, 2011, 03:45:47 PM »
Quote from: Bobbo on February 25, 2011, 11:50:35 AM
A company I used to get data from a non-working drive would put them in the freezer for a few hours.  They say the cold helps some of the "fringe" electronics work long enough to get the data.


I heard that on Kim Komando, haven't tried it out tho. wrap it up in a plastic baggie.
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« Reply #9 on: February 26, 2011, 11:24:55 AM »
i didn't harleys stored data.  sorry my bad crazy2
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